UPLIFTING AND POSITIVE OR TASTELESS AND INAPPROPRIATE? (BLUES PERFORM HAKA) WHY ARE THE ENGLISH SO BLUE OVER THIS HAKA? PLUS, HE SHOT TO FAME ON 'NEIGHBOURS'. DO YOU WANT TO MARRY ME? WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME, ISN'T IT? JASON DONOVAN'S LIVE IN STUDIO WITH US SHORTLY. DOES ANYONE HERE SPEND TIME WITH THEIR WIVES? SAM WALLACE ENTERS THE WORLD OF MODEL TRAIN COLLECTORS, AND HE'S SURPRISED TO LEARN JUST WHO THE HOBBY ATTRACTS. 1 NEWS CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND CHELSEA THORESEN. Good evening. How about that score line? I thought the lions could win by 25. You said the blues could win by 10. What is the big picture? You owe me $100. The tour is over. It is two games. You have the Crusaders to come. They will be so wounded that they will have to rebound. Double or nothing. A great game. Big questions for the rest of the tour. The upset around the blues haka. THE THROAT-SLITTING GESTURE IN PARTICULAR IS THE BIT THAT GOT LIONS FANS GOING, WITH AT LEAST ONE ENGLISH JOURNALIST CRYING FOUL. HE'S CALLED THE GESTURE INAPPROPRIATE AND TASTELESS BECAUSE OF THE RECENT TERROR ATTACKS IN LONDON AND MANCHESTER. TIM WILSON PUT THAT TO THE MAN WHO WROTE LAST NIGHT'S HAKA. IT'S THE HAKA THAT'S STIRRED UP A HORNET'S NEST OF CONTROVERSY. ALL: KI TE KAUPAPA! THIS ACTION ESPECIALLY, A THROAT SLITTING GESTURE THAT, ACCORDING TO JAMES CORRIGAN, A WRITER FOR THE UK TELEGRAPH, IS POORLY TIMED,... GET AWAY! ...COMING ON THE HEELS OF RECENT TERROR ATTACKS IN THE UK, WHICH INCLUDED STABBINGS. CORRIGAN DESCRIBED THE MOVE AS TASTELESS, WRITING ` IT'S A LITTLE BIT SURREAL. THE WHOLE THING SORT OF JUST EXPLODED. I JUST TOOK IT FOR WHAT IT WAS, WHICH IS A POINT OF VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN. A HAKATANGA! RUKA MAKAIHA KNOWS THE HAKA FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT. HE COMPOSED IT. RAISED ON THE HAKAS OF KING CARLOS SPENCER, RUKA SAYS THE GESTURE ISN'T AIMED AT THE BRITISH. COMING DOWN ONE AN ANGLE ACROSS THE THROAT, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE SACRED BREATH OF LIFE WHICH WE BELIEVE IN IN MAORIDOM. AND AT ANY TIME DURING THE BATTLE, THAT SACRED BREATH CAN BE TAKEN AWAY BY YOUR OPPOSITION. SO IN TERMS OF THIS HAKA, IT WAS MORE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE PREPARED FIRST. SLOWLY: KA MATE, KA MATE, KA ORA, KA ORA. BACK TO THE THIGHS. RUKA IS HAPPY TO TEACH ANYONE THE HAKA, AND HE HAS AN OFFER FOR JAMES CORRIGAN. AS I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT, IF YOU'RE HUNGRY FOR IT, THEN YOU'RE WILLING TO LEARN, SO THE OFFER'S THERE, AND IF YOU'RE KEEN, NAU MAI HAERE MAI. COMMENTATOR: OH, HE'S GOING TO SCORCH IT AWAY TO WEST! ANOTHER QUESTION ` IF THE RESULT HAD BEEN LIONS BEATING THE BLUES INSTEAD OF THIS, WOULD THEY BE TALKING ABOUT A HAKA? Very good point. It is sad they have made that link. As you get beaten in the tourand the British press get on, they go downhill because psychologically you are a long way from home. Especially how the last Lions tour went. We are going to spank them every game. Let's just celebrate it. Good on that guy for sticking to his guns. THE HAKA, OF COURSE, WAS PROMINENT IN THE DAYS OF ONE OF OUR GREATEST OF ALL TIME, SIR COLIN MEADS. AND NOW THE PRIDE OF TE KUITI AND THE KING COUNTRY IS ABOUT TO CUT A BARNSTORMING PRESENCE IN TE KUITI'S MAIN DRAG. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND. COLIN MEADS TACKLED, BUT HIS GREAT STRENGTH DRAGS HIM OVER THE LINE. COLIN MEADS! COLIN MEADS! COLIN MEADS. SMOKO AT THE FOOT OF GREATNESS. THE BOOT. THE BALL. A VARIETY OF SHADING SO THAT IT LOOKS RICHER. THE MAN SET IN BRONZE ` AND SOON HEADED FOR THE TOWN WHERE ONE NAME IS REVERED ABOVE ALL OTHERS. (POP MUSIC) THE TOWN IS REALLY PROUD. IT'S OUR WAY OF HONOURING COLIN. AND IF THERE CAN BE A SHEARER AT ONE END OF TOWN, THERE CAN BE A RUGBY PLAYER IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. INDEED. YES. ALTHOUGH TE KUITI IS THE SHEARING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, I THINK WE ARE ALSO THE COLIN MEADS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AS WELL. NO ARGUEMENT ABOUT THAT ON THE STREET. WHAT DOES HE MEAN TO THIS TOWN? EVERYTHING. WE JUST CALL HIM 'TREE'. YOU DON'T EVEN CALL HIM 'PINETREE'; YOU JUST CALL HIM 'TREE'? OH, WELL, 'PINETREE'. WHATEVER. TE KUITI'S OTHER SPORTING KNIGHT MORE THAN HAPPY TO DEFER TO RUGBY'S STRONGEST OF TIMBERS. SIR COLIN MEADS IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST ICON IN THIS AREA. THIS ONE MIGHT BE TALLER, BUT THE ONE THAT'S GOT THE RESPECT WORLDWIDE WILL BE SIR COLIN MEADS' BRONZE STATUE, FOR SURE. AND WHILE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REVEAL ALL JUST YET ` THAT'S FOR THE GRAND UNVEILING ON MONDAY WEEK. HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? WELL, I HOPE NOT. (CHUCKLES) THIS IS A SMALL TOWN. THERE CAN BE NO DENYING HIS TRADEMARK LOPING STYLE, WITH BALL IN ONE BURLY MITT. HOPEFULLY I'VE CAPTURED HIM WHERE YOU FEEL HE IS RUNNING AT YOU AND IS GOING TO TRAMPLE YOU AS HE GOES FOR THE TRY. THE ONLY REAL HINT IS ON THE WOOD. COLIN FACES THIS WAY. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. HE FACES SOMEWHERE OUT THERE. AND AS LONG AS HE HAS GOT THE SCOWL ON THIS FACE, IT WILL BE AUTHENTIC, I WOULD THINK. COME ON. GIVE US THE SCOWL. NO. (LAUGHS) I CAN'T DO THE PINETREE SCOWL. IT'S AN AMAZING PRIVILEGE. I LOVE TO HAVE THE DETAILS JUST RIGHT. WHAT WAS THE BALL AND BOOT LIKE? THEY USED TO HAVE HUGELY LONG LACES THAT THEY WOULD STRAP AROUND THE BOOT AND BEHIND THE BOOT. OVER HERE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BEGINNINGS, SO ALL ABOUT YOURS AND COLIN'S FARM LIFE, FAMILY. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE UP ON THE WALLS ALL OF YOUR JERSEYS. HE'S CHUFFED, UNDERNEATH IT ALL. HE'S 'OH', THIS AND THAT. BUT UNDERNEATH IT ALL HE'S CHUFFED ABOUT IT. IT'S GIVING HIM A KICK ALONG, GIVING HIM A REAL BOOST. OUR LEGEND IN BRONZE, AS WE KNOW, BATTLING PANCREATIC CANCER. BUT, IN TRUE MEADS FASHION, HE'S DETERMINED TO BE AT THE SCULPTURE'S OPENING. HE WILL BE THERE. I WILL GUARANTEE IT. HE IS GOING TO FIGHT HIS WAY HERE. HE WILL BE HERE. COME ON. STRIKE THE POSE. (LAUGHS) SORT OF LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW. PRETTY EXCITING FOR TE KUITI, REALLY. EVERYONE IS BUZZING ABOUT IT. WE JUST WANT TO SEE HIS FIRST REACTION AND FOR HIM TO BE BLOWN AWAY WHEN HE FIRST SEES IT. Fantastic. What a day for the artist. The trick is the face. If you don't get that... was it Ronaldo's that was off? She also did Michael Jones' outside of Eden Park. You notice the Lions that everyone's bodies have changed? They have no neck. We were all athletes a long time ago. I don't know if it was the body. Might have been the hairstyle. IT'S THE BIGGEST CELEBRITY TRIAL IN THE U.S SINCE O.J. ALL EYES ON PENNSYLVANIA AS THE MAN THEY USED TO CALL AMERICA'S DAD ` BILL COSBY STANDS TRIAL. THE ONCE-REVERED COMEDIAN IS BEFORE THE COURTS FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND REBECCA WRIGHT HAS BEEN AT THE NORRIS-TOWN COURTHOUSE, WATCHING IT UNFOLD. 'MR COSBY, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT DAY TWO?' HE'S A MAN KNOWN TO MANY AS DOCTOR CLIFF HUXSTABLE. BUT ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST TELEVISION STARS IS NOW AT THE CENTRE OF ONE OF IT'S BIGGEST SCANDALS. A BANK OF CAMERAS CAPTURE HIS SLOW WALK INTO COURT, BUT ALSO THERE TO SEE HIM, SOME OF THE DOZENS OF OTHER WOMEN WHO SAY HE DRUGGED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM, LIKE LILI BERNARD, A FORMER COSBY SHOW ACTRESS. AND HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS CASE TO YOU? IT'S CRITICAL. I THINK IT'S HISTORICAL. I SEE IT IN BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS, AND I THINK IT'S INSTRUMENTAL IN SHIFTING RAPE CULTURE. LILI AND HALF A DOZEN OTHER COSBY ACCUSERS HAVE COME TO PHILADELPHIA TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR ANDREA CONSTAND. SHE SAYS COSBY INDECENTLY ASSAULTED HER AFTER GIVING HER THREE BLUE PILLS WHICH LEFT HER PARALYSED AND HELPLESS. BUT DESPITE 60 WOMEN ALLEGING COSBY DRUGGED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM, CONSTAND'S IS THE ONLY CASE WHICH WILL RESULT IN A TRIAL. IT'S AN HISTORIC DAY. AN HISTORIC TRIAL. THAT'S BECAUSE IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS A TIME LIMIT ON PROSECUTING RAPE. BUT AS A RESULT OF THE COSBY CASE, IN SOME STATES, THAT'S CHANGING. MOSTLY RAPE SURVIVORS AND ABOUT FIVE OR SIX COSBY SURVIVORS CAMPAIGNED TO SUCCESSFULLY ABOLISH THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON RAPE PROSECUTION IN CALIFORNIA. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THESE WOMEN WILL BE FIGHTING FOR ONCE THIS COURT BATTLE IS OVER. I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF ANDREA'S COURAGE AND OF KELLIE JOHNSON'S COURAGE... AND OF THE OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE SPOKEN OUT WITH WHAT THEY ALLEGE IS THEIR TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH MR COSBY. It has been a long time coming. HE WAS ONE HALF OF THE FAMOUS 'SCOTT AND CHARLENE' FROM NEIGHBOURS,... 'YES I WILL' WHAT? MARRY ME? ...BUT JASON DONOVAN MOVED ON FROM RAMSAY STREET. NEXT, HE'S LIVE IN STUDIO TO TELL US WHAT HE'S UP TO NOW. AND IF YOU THOUGHT COLLECTING TRAINS PULLED IN A CERTAIN KIND OF PERSON, YOU'D BE WRONG. WHY IS ROD STEWART HERE? AH, WHEN HE WAS OUT IN NEW ZEALAND, HE VISITED THE CLUB. I love that. Did you hear the reaction to that song? Wow. There is. He likes to make up lies about me. IT WAS THE SOAP AND THE ROMANCE THAT SHOT TWO OF AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST NAMES ONTO THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. NEIGHBOURS WAS GOOD NEWS FOR KYLIE MINOGUE AND JASON DONOVAN. HE WAS THE ULTIMATE HEART-THROB, TURNED SINGER, AND NOW JASON DONOVAN IS IN NEW ZEALAND WITH HIS LATEST PROJECT. IT WAS THE '80S, THE TIME WHEN MULLETS AND JASON DONOVAN WENT TOGETHER LIKE 'SCOTT AND CHARLENE'. (SOBS) I LOVE YOU. THE SMALL SCREEN HEART-THROB MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF ON AUSSIE SOAP 'NEIGHBOURS' ALONGSIDE KYLIE MINOGUE . THE SCREEN ROMANCE TURNED REAL WORLD, AND TOGETHER THE POP DATING DUO RELEASED ` # IS ESPECIALLY FOR YOU... # THAT STARTED A STREAM OF DONOVAN NUMBER ONES AND BEST-SELLING ALBUMS. # AND SEALED WITH A KISS... # HE'S LENT HIS VOICE TO BAND AID,... # AND IT'S A WORLD OF DREAD AND FEAR... # ...AND PLAYSTATION GAMES. THIS IS BUZZ! NOW THE '80S ICON IS KNOWN FOR BEING A MASTER OF THE MUSICAL, FROM SWEENEY TO JOSEPH. # GIVE ME MY COLOURED COAT! # NOW THE UK-BASED ARTIST IS BRINGING HIS BLUE SUEDE SHOES TO NZ,... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET. # SHAKE, BABY, SHAKE. # JASON DONOVAN IS WITH US NOW. I am looking more like my dad every day. Television and movies capture you forever and there is nothing you can do about it. There is nothing. I am proud of my past. Neighbours was an incredible springboard for me. I am lucky to still be doing what I love to do, which is performing. I want to ask you a few questions. Who do you think will win tonight? Politics?I do care. I am hoping Conservative. I think it is a stronger voice and a little more together. I am a swing voter. That is where it should be. Have you adjusted your life as a result of that pool of worry and fear? I haven't adjusted my life. London is very volatile at the moment, but so is every city in the world. We have to be aware. We need to try to not let this destroy our way of life. I have kids so I think about this a lot. I worry about them. Do you have kids? I have kids now. London is 15, 20 million people. These types of attacks can happen anywhere. It is a different place we are living in, but it shouldn't change our way of life. It has been a rollercoaster, your life. Have you enjoyed the ride? Have you learned? Who knows. I am living at. I try not to look back. I say to my kids you need to be passionate about what you do. Nothing is perfect. How do you measure success in life? For some people it is about getting out of bed and walking. For some it is about money or what you eat. You need to keep happy and keep fit. Mental and physically. You need to eat well. You need to have a good quality of life. Your passion has brought you to New Zealand. I can't believe you haven't been here until now. I have been here in transit. You had to stop over here to get to America a while ago. It is a great city. You turn out to be the king of shows. I didn't know this was a true story. You know son records and Johnny Cash. It is a fascinating story about son records. Sam Phillips was the father of rock 'n' roll. He brought these characters to American culture at a time when it went against the grain to what people were listening to and it was looked down upon. It is a great story. I tell the story from the perspective of Sam Phillips. It starts tomorrow night. I think if you were to walk down the streets in New Zealand, people might think of you as Scott from neighbours. I haven't bumped into anyone from that show here. People do take a double look. If that's what people see me for, great. There is a lot of work that has happened since. I haven't spent a lot of time in Australia in the last few years. It is nice to be back in New Zealand, and nice to be here and not in the airport. The coffee is great, the people are fantastic and the food is amazing. Nice to see you. THANKS, JASON DONOVAN. SAM WALLACE IS ON A MISSION TO LEARN YOUR HOBBY, AND HIS FIRST ATTEMPT IS MODEL TRAINS. WE'RE NOT HERE JUST TO PLAY TOY TRAINS. MAN: YES, WE ARE! (LAUGHTER) AND SAM WAS ALL ON BOARD ` UNTIL HE HEARD THIS. KEEPS US OUT OF THE PUBS! This is my song. This is Justin Bieber. The video is the best ever. It is so hot right now. TIME NOW FOR A BRAND NEW SEGMENT FOR THE PROGRAMME. SAM WALLACE IS ON A MISSION TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL HOBBIES OF US KIWIS. TONIGHT HE ENTERS THE WORLD OF MODEL TRAINS, WHERE HE WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN JUST WHO THE HOBBY ATTRACTS. # ZOMBIE, ZOMBIE, # EVERYONE NEEDS A HOBBY, RIGHT? # ZOMBIE-EH-EH. # AND MIKE? WELL, MIKE'S MIKE. MIKE: LISTEN TO THAT SUCK. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, I'M ON A QUEST TO FIND YOUR NEW HOBBY. DO TRAINS TICKLE YOUR FANCY? OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, MODEL LAY-OUTS? NORTH SHORE MODEL RAILWAY CLUB, SAM. IT'S BEEN GOING SINCE 1965. THAT'S 52 YEARS OF INTRICATE CRAFT, ESTABLISHED BY THESE LADS. THAT'S THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS, ACTUALLY. WE'VE GONE FROM THESE TIDY LOOKING GENTLEMEN TO THIS LOT. (ALL LAUGH) DOES ANYONE HERE SPEND TIME WITH THEIR WIVES? (ALL LAUGH) I COME IN ABOUT 2-ISH ON A THURSDAY, GO HOME ABOUT 10-ISH. THAT'S MOST OF THE DAY. IT'S ONLY ONE DAY, TO BE FAIR. EXCEPT WHEN I COME IN ON TUESDAYS. WHY IS ROD STEWART HERE? WHEN HE WAS OUT IN NEW ZEALAND, HE VISITED THE CLUB. HE USED TO GET IN THE HOTEL, HAVE ONE ROOM FOR HIMSELF AND ONE ROOM FOR HIS MODELS. HE'D WORK DURING THE DAY ON HIS MODELS. THAT IS SO DISAPPOINTING. AND AT NIGHT TIME, SING. # TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT, # MODELLING! NOT WITH WINE AND WOMEN, JUST MODELLING! THIS PART THAT WE'RE ENTERING NOW IS THE AMERICAN SECTION. TO PUT THIS PLACE INTO PERSPECTIVE, ONE LOOP TAKES 20 MINUTES. COME ROUND THE CORNER HERE, AND WE KID OURSELVES WE'VE VIRTUALLY CROSSED THE ATLANTIC FROM AMERICA INTO ENGLAND. AND WITH DIFFERENT SCENES COMES DIFFERENT STYLES. THE ENGLISH USE PAPER TO CONSTRUCT THEIR BUILDINGS. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW ZEALAND SCENE. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE TYPICALLY NEW ZEALAND HOUSES. TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS TO FINISH. IT STARTED LIFE AS TAKING LOGS OUT FROM THE BUSH UP THERE, IT WAS THEN CONVERTED TO A LITTLE DAM AND WAS KNOWN AS THE 'DAM SITE RAILWAY'. SO IT'S ALL GOT A STORY? OH, YES. VERY MUCH SO. WE'RE NOT HERE JUST TO PLAY TOY TRAINS. MAN: YES WE ARE! (BOTH LAUGH) STORIES AND REPLICAS. THE RAURIMU SPIRAL, A NEW ZEALAND RAIL ICON, ALLOWING TRAINS TO CLIMB UP ON TO THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE PIECE? OH, I THINK THE NORTHERNER IS. IT TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS TO BUILD. THAT ONE THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE FRIDGE MAGNET ON THE END THERE TO MAKE IT STICK TO THE OTHER, TO KEEP IT IN PLACE. SO YOU HAVEN'T JUST BOUGHT THE TRAIN. NO. YOU'VE BUILT THAT. EVERYTHING'S BUILT EXCEPT THAT BOGIE AND THE COUPLER. MOST PEOPLE JUST GET THE TRAIN AND PAINT IT. YEAH. YOU DON'T. YOU BUILD IT FROM SCRATCH? BUILD IT FROM SCRATCH. IT'S CHEAPER. IF YOU BOUGHT THAT, IT WOULD COST YOU ABOUT 1250, WITHOUT THE ENGINE. BUT YOU SPENT THREE YEARS ON IT! YEAH. (BOTH LAUGH) TELL MY WIFE ABOUT IT. (LAUGHS) ONE OF THE LADS DOWNSTAIRS SAID THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVING A BIT OF A NOOKIE. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE'VE FINALLY FOUND YOU! (LAUGHS) YOU'RE IN THERE! NO! THAT'S YOU! CARRIAGE 4, LIGHTS OFF! AND IT'S NOT JUST THE OLD BOYS. LIAM (13) IS DEDICATED. EVERY NIGHT? PRETTY MUCH. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? MM-HM. AND WHAT TIME DO YOU GO HOME? COS YOU GO TO SCHOOL THEN YOU COME HERE, AND WHAT TIME DO YOU LEAVE THIS PLACE? UM, 9-10. SO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR NEW MINDS, NEW PEOPLE TO JOIN. OH, YES. MY GOODNESS. ESPECIALLY ONES THAT HAVE GOT SKILLS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME FOR DRINKING BEER WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS. EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT I SAID, IT KEEPS US OUT OF THE PUBS! If you were going to sing Rod Stewart songs, get the words right. Good on you! We are going to end with Lionel Richie. He is coming to New Zealand. 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